KKB boosted by Sarawak infrastructure projects


Bullish outlook: Kho expects to increase the supply of steel water pipes to contractors awarded the projects under the water grid programme.

KUCHING: KKB Engineering Bhd, whose earnings have been boosted by Sarawak’s ongoing infrastructure development projects, is upbeat about its prospects this year.

“For the second half of 2019 (2H19), we expect to deliver stronger results, ” group executive director Kho Pok Tong told StarBiz.In 1H19, KKB posted a sharp increase in group after-tax profit to about RM12.8mil from RM3.97mil in 1H18 as revenue surged to RM237.5mil from RM157.8mil.

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